Can I have a do-over? Take a Mulligan? Go to Take Two?

I know, it's a cliche, but "Haven't I met you somewhere before?" comes out of my mouth when I meet certain people. Or I enter into a friendship or relationship and it feels like I've been with this person forever when it's only been days or weeks. Then there are those people who I have known forever & just know too much about to attribute to this lifetime alone.

I've had conversations with a couple of friends about this. It's interesting to hear what others share about their experiences. Okay, I'm trying to sound too esoteric ... Really I'm just trying to start a conversation to hear what other people have experienced because the prospect of soul-retries fascinates me!

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A good friend discovered her wiccan roots in recent years. She also started having "memories" of past lives - and really cool stuff happened for her in those prior times! One point came through loud and clear. Her son has been with her before.

She has three children - okay, offspring ... one's already graduated college! Anyway ... her second child was planned, and that was to be it. Of course, the third child came into the picture without her "permission", if you will. This young man is way too wise, way too mature in some ways. And she & her son have always clicked in a way that she didn't with the first two -- not that they were any less special -- just in a different way. And the youngest appeared in her "memories" as far back as what we refer to as "Egyptian" times.

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When I took level one Reiki in 2000, the class leader affirmed that not only had all of us in the class (ten? twelve?) known each other *and* all been healers in past lives, but that this was the first class she'd held where it was *all* students -- not just a few!

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Mom & Dad may actually have gotten it right this time - and I'm sure this isn't their first time around. They put a lot into it after both being trapped in emotional isolation. There were a lot of stumbles, several falls, and even a few cliffs to hang over. It was years in the making, and they at the very least tolerate each other -- or rather, they've learned to allow each to be who they are "supposed" to be. That's a tough road, and a major accomplishment! Gwendolyn will probably have something to add about our parents - I think she agrees with me.

I also believe that Gwennie has gotten it all right this time with her husband. That "tolerance", for lack of a better word, for who each other is, the support they give each other ... a lot of people wish they could *attain* that level of comfort, much less *maintain* it!

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Me? Well, there's one that I'm certainly on reruns with (we're much better at friendship!). And then there's one that I believe is the first time around, but is probably the first of many yet to come! (OHHHHHH NOOOOOO!!!)

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Children ... I wonder sometimes who the parent was and who the child was! It often seems that the child is the older soul - the one who has been there, done that - while the parent isn't so "soul"-ly mature.

Now *that's* a topic for conversation! OK, next time.

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